- JB (audio engineer)
JB is the name of an American independent
audio engineer based inNashville, Tennessee .JB grew up as the child of missionary parents in
Seoul, Korea . After spending some time as an amateur musician playing in local bands, JB met veteran audio engineer,Bill Lazerus , known for his work withJames Taylor ,Frank Sinatra andThe Rolling Stones . JB soon signed up for Lazarus' audio engineering training program.After a move from
Los Angeles, California toNashville, Tennessee in 1980, JB took a job with music publisher Bob Montgomery atHouse of Gold Music . JB's job was to assist in recording songwriting demos, many of which later became successful on both the pop and country radio charts. One song that was originally demoed by JB at House of Gold Music, was "Wind Beneath My Wings," later a major hit forBette Midler .In 1982, JB was hired by
Randy Holland to work in his Nashville Studio,Bullet Recording . Two years later, in April 1984, JB would set out on his as an independent engineer. Since then, JB has worked on albums by artists likePeter Frampton ,Garth Brooks ,Amy Grant ,Rich Mullins ,Phil Keaggy ,Ashley Cleveland ,Wynonna Judd , Gordon Kennedy,Wayne Kirkpatrick ,Phil Madeira ,Michael W. Smith , Dion, and others.External links
* [http://www.DotComMusic.com/ears2u/ jb's Web Site and Discography]
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